Jabbar Eidelkhani
Jabbar Eidelkhani | |
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 Eidelkhani delivering a talk, 2008. | |
| Counsellor | Asia 1990 - 2020 |
Jabbar Eidelkhani is a Baháʼí who has served as a Continental Counsellor for Asia.
Background[edit]
Eidelkhani was first appointed as a Counsellor for a five year term in 1990.[1] In July 1991 Prime Minister Begum Khadela Zia of Bangladesh presented him with the countries Young Scientist Award for 1990 at a ceremony in Dhaka in recognition of his work on Bengali language computers.[2] In 1999 the Rahmanian Foundation, a Bahá’í inspired social and economic development project in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, was founded and Eidelkhani eventually became its director.[3]
In 2001 Eidelkhani spoke at a Baháʼí Asian Continental Conference sharing that in Bangladesh 11,000 people had recently declared with 8,000 becoming tutors of the Institute Process.[4] In December 2011 he participated in a Conference for legal professionals held in Dhaka which was specifically for discussion of personal and family laws applicable within the Baháʼí Faith.[5] In July 2020 he spoke at an online International Conference on Education for Social Cohesion.[6] He completed his last five year term as Counsellor in 2020.
Publications[edit]
- 1998 - A Study Course on Teaching Muslims[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 25 October 1990 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 308. View as PDF.
- ↑ Badee, Hooshmand. Bahá’í Teachings on Economics and Their Implications for the Bahá’í Community and the Wider Society p 41 & 289
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/131/
- ↑ One Country, Vol. 22, No. 1, p 11
- ↑ https://iefworld.org/conf24
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Study_Course_on_Teaching_Muslims.html?id=AgXuoQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
